Scrum Ventures launches new program to connect startups with Japanese corporations
byMasami Takahashi, the president of Scrum Studios Headquartered in San Francisco and Tokyo, Scrum Ventures is known for its accelerator programs focused on sports,…
How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets
byAccording to Startup Genome, Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation…
What China’s Big Tech CEOs propose at the annual parliament meeting
byThe annual meetings of the Chinese parliament and its advisory body are underway in Beijing this week. Top executives from some of China’s largest…
Indonesian logistics startup SiCepat raises $170 million Series B
bySiCepat, an end-to-end logistics startup in Indonesia, announced today it has raised a $170 million Series B funding round. Founded in 2014 to provide…
InsurGrid raises pre-seed financing to help modernize legacy insurance agents
byInsurance agents spend hours handling paperwork and grabbing client information over the phone. A new seed-stage startup, InsurGrid, has developed a software solution to…
Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London
byDija, the London-based grocery delivery startup, is officially launching today and confirming that it raised £20 million in seed funding in December — a…
Daily Crunch: Square acquires Tidal
bySquare buys a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal, WhatsApp improves its desktop app and Hopin raises even more funding. This is your Daily Crunch…
Making sense of the $6.5B Okta-Auth0 deal
byWhen Okta announced that it was acquiring Auth0 yesterday for $6.5 billion, the deal raised eyebrows. After all, it’s a substantial amount of money…
Data is the world’s most valuable (and vulnerable) resource
byThere’s a gaping hole in the data loss prevention market Kara Nortman 8 hours Kara Nortman Contributor There’s no overstating it: 2020 was a…
Asynchronous video startup Weet just launched to cement bonds, and know-how, within companies
byFor founder Najette Fellache, coming to the Bay Area a few years ago from Nantes, France was a way to grow a company she’d…